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Jul 17, 2026
266 The Long Game of Musical Growth - Ben Ullery on Curiosity, Learning, and Performing at the Highest Level
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And maybe I'll modify the question a little bit, but what do you see in the students that you have right now? What do you feel like is important for them to either understand or explore in addition to all of the good stuff, like the technique, learning repertoire, how to memorize, how to play with a beautiful sound, all of this? What do you see as a skill that is really important for young musicians right now?

Ben UlleryGUEST
Well, you know, one thing that I've thought about a lot is just that I think it's important with being a musician to try to maintain curiosity about music.

Ben UlleryGUEST
the musical repertoire and the, and the tradition of performing, even if it's not directly related to what you have to study right now, if that makes sense, you know, and for me, I, You know, when I was a kid, I should say, like, I didn't always...

Ben UlleryGUEST
And for me, what got me... really interested in it was I was learning Brooke violin concerto.

Ben UlleryGUEST
And I think my dad gave me a CD of again, Pinky Zuckerman playing Brooke concerto and on the same CD, he was playing Brahms concerto as well.

Ben UlleryGUEST
And I had heard the piece before, but like it, I didn't really know it that well.
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